Garment-holder.



No. 821,742. PATENTED MAY 29, 1906. V. H. REA.

GARMENT HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 6. 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GARMENT-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 29, 1906.

Application filed November 5,1904. Serial No. 231,525.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, V ICTOR H. REA, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Elgin, county of Kane, and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Holders, ofwhich the following is a description.

My invention relates to a device for supporting a skirt and preventingthe disarrangement of the waist at the belt or for a similar purpose.

j The object of my invention is to produce a simple and convenientdevice of the kind described and one in which the movements of thewearers body is not liable to accidentally disconnect the parts and tothis end my invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement,and combination of parts herein shown and described, and moreparticularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar referencecharacters indicate like or corresponding parts, Figure 1 is aperspective view of one form of my device. Figs 2 and 5 are modifiedforms of my device. Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 1.Fig. 4 is a section taken on line 4 4 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 6 is aperspective view of a buckle adapted to be employed in place of the pinshown in the other figures.

As shown in the drawings, the garmentholder comprises two parts, the onepart being formed of a wire of any suitable material bent to form twosimilar U-shaped loops 1 1, the adjacent arms 2 2 of which are connectedby an inverted loop 4 of somewhat similar shape. The outer arms 3 3 ofthe loops 1 1 may be extended any desired distance, as shown, saidextensions 5 5 preferably diverging toward their extremities, as shown,a hook 6 being formed upon the end of each extension adapted to engagethe eyelets, strings, or other suitable parts of a corset or othergarment from which it is desired to suspend the skirt. Preferably thearms 2 2 and 3 3 lie in the same plane as shown in Fig. 3; but, ifpreferred, the loops 1 1 may stand at a slight an le to each other, asshown in Fig. 4, thus enabling the loop of the pin 7 or an equivalentdevice to be more readily attached.

The cooperating part or second member of my device consists of asafety-pin, buckle, or equivalent device arranged to be engaged andsupported by the loops 1 1 and arms 2 above described. As shown in Figs.1 to 5,

inclusive, the central portion of one side of a safety-pin, preferablythe side provided with the shield er hook, is bent to form two side arms9, having a pair of U-shaped loops 11,

offset at 10 laterally with respect to the adjoining portions of theside arms and connected by a locking-loop 14, offset laterally in areverse direction, with respect to said U- shaped loops 11that is, thebent portions 10 10, adapted to engage the loops 1 1 to support the pin7, correspond to the arms 3 3, the loops 11 11, adapted to engage thearms 2 2, correspond to the loops 1 1, the arms 12 12 correspond to thearms 2 2, and the lockingloop '14, adapted to project outward betweenthe arms 2 2 and lie below or within the loop 4, corresponds therewith.It will be observed that in order to engage the pin 7 with the hookmember it is necessary to hold the pin at an angle to the hook memberuntil the loop 14 passes the loop 4 and that when the pin is engagedwith the hook member and in its normal position shown in the drawings,the pin 7 cannot become accidentally detached therefrom. Obviously, ifpreferred, the loops 11 may be connected by a bar, as shown in Figs. 5and 6, and the arms 12 and loop 14 secured to the connecting-bar in anypreferred manner, it being noted that in either case the locking-loopwill normally occupy a position to engage with the inverted loop of thecooperating member of the support.

In operation the hook member is attached by means of the hooks 6 6 tothe eyelets, strings, or other convenient part of the corset or othersuitable garment to support the skirt, the loops 1 1 being positioned ata suitable point to properly support the skirt, and the waist andcorset-cover or other garment is adjusted in the usual manner outsidethe hook member. The pin 7 is attached to the skirt, preferably to theinside of the band, in

a suitable position and turned to the proper angle and engaged with thehook member, as above described, the waist and corset-cover or othergarment coming between the hook member and the loop of the pin 7, and assoon as the pin 7 is released the weight of the skirt draws the pin intothe position shown in the drawings, when it cannot be accidentallyunhooked for the reason heretofore given.

Obviously the various loops in the parts may be of any desired form; butpreferably the relations of the loops of the parts are such that when inplace there is practically no lateral motion between the two members ofmy verted loop being in substantially the same plane as said outer arms;and the cooperating part comprising arms having portions offsetlaterally at one end of the arms and having connected thereto anintermediate U-shaped locking-loop, the locking-loop being offsetlaterally in a reverse direction with respect to said oiiset portions,whereby said lockingloop will normally occupy a position to engage-withthe inverted loop of said first-mentioned part to prevent separation ofthe parts when in operative relation.

2. A garment-holder in two parts, the one part comprisingoppositely-disposed outer arms terminating at one end in a pair of U-shaped loops, the inner arms ofwhich are connected attheir upper ends toform an inverted loop, said U-shaped-loops and inverted loop being insubstantially the same plane as said outer arms, and the cooperatingpart comprising arms having a pair of U -shaped loops oilisetlaterallywith respect to the adjoining portions of the arms andconnected by a locking-loop offset laterally in a reverse direction withrespect to said U-shaped loops, whereby said locking-loop will normallyoccupy a position to engagethe inverted loop of said first-mentionedpart to prevent separation of the parts When in operative relation.

3. A garment-holder of the character described in two parts, the onepart comprising oppositely-disposed outer arms terminating at one end ina pair of substantially U shaped loops, the inner arms of which areconnected,

and the cooperating part comprising arms terminating at one end in apair of substantially U-shaped loops, the inner arms of which areconnected, the loops of the respective parts being complementarilyformed to engage one with the other and lie in substantially the sameplane, and one of said parts having an oiiset portionat its connectionbetween the loops whereby the parts are locked in position when engaged.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence oftwo subscribing witncsses.

VICTOR REA.

Witnesses HARRY S. HEMPsTEAD,

H. ALLEN.

